The purpose of this study is to test the current standard of care (SOC) treatment for abdominal hysterectomy with a group receiving SOC minus epidural analgesia plus additional perioperative analgesics in terms of postoperative abilities, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), pain and discharge time from the PACU (post-anaesthesia care unit).
Aim of the study: to compare postoperative complaints (PONV, pain, etc) and PACU discharge time between two groups, for patients admitted for planned abdominal hysterectomy with or without BSO: * A: standard of care (SOC) receiving paracetamol, celecoxib, epidural analgesia, dexamethasone, ondansetron and droperidol, and general anaesthesia with propofol, remifentanil and cisatracurium * B: SOC with sham epidural analgesia, preoperative gabapentin, intraoperative lidocaine, s-ketamine and sufentanil
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Dept. of Anaesthesia, Hvidovre Hospital
Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark
Postoperative abilities over time
Discharge time from PACU according to fixed criteria
Consumption of analgesics and antiemetics in the PACU
Degree of nursing requirements at the PACU
General tolerability of the regimes
Threshold for sensory perception and pain using the Pain Matcher device, pre- and postoperatively
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